Ken Barber (Geno Walker) is shut-in having recently relocated. He has been divorced for two years over his drinking and nervous break down. He has a congenial long distance relationship with his ex-wife (Kate Arrington) her husband (Mike Shannon) and daughters who we never see. Ken doesn't have a job and hopes to make money as a vlogger with his 10 followers giving life tips. In one video, one of his stuffed birds falls off a shelf. This leads to a ghost investigation with various people on-line.

This is another low budget COVID-era production. I thought the film was good considering they weren't going to a second location or spend more than two bits for red light bulbs. The ghost was done well, but after seeing so many horror films, it doesn't stand above. Good script. The ending needed cleaning up. Shower scene would have been more interesting if a woman starred in the feature.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

One twist, about 4 minutes before the movie ended gave me hope by the time this Night does End, it may tie everything together and save the movie.

This did not happen and so, I've rated this the rare and dreaded 1/10 stars. I almost rated it a half-star more for the cast trying their hearts out in this micro-MICRO budget movie that cut costs and corners everywhere. But really, these people weren't trying. Unless they thought they were on a Disney Channel, G-Rated scary special aimed at toddlers.

Do NOT watch this waste of 81 minutes. It's so boring, so poorly acted and must've brought up a half-dozen pieces of character development that goes nowhere.

The movie's about a newly divorced introvert who has friends he video chats with and a YouTube channel just starting out. Caught on one of his videos is an object falling on its own and let the dullest ghost story ever filmed come alive.

Took me a few seconds to realize one of our lead's friends is Michael Shannon. And so, I thought, oh, you'd just do anything like Bruce Willis, Liam Neeson and Nicolas Cage. Difference for me is: I avoid those other three sell-out movies like the plague. This, I just thought was an indie I'd help support only to find poor Michael Shannon in his absolute worst movie.

The movie had promise and the lead, Geno Walker, was probably the best actor in the movie. Sad, his character had potential and it was squandered. Hopefully, this cast/crew will go onto better things and improve. This may just be the rough start they needed to learn from these mistakes.

Hell, even the name was a mistake. It meant...nothing.

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Final Thoughts: I'm addicted to YouTube and it's sad when it's slandered like this. They should sue.

Living by himself in an apartment, a lonely recluse trying to be an online content creator comes to believe that his apartment may be haunted by a malicious spirit and seeks answers to his problem, eventually stumbling upon someone with far more malicious intent than he anticipated.

Overall, this was a decent enough if somewhat flawed effort. What this one gets right is centered around the early setup of the weirdness happening in the apartment which is usually rather enjoyable and sometimes downright chilling. The setup with his reclusive attitude towards being shut off from the rest of the world and going through the filming of the various videos gives this a solid start once they spot the strange incident on the video involving the falling animal he's not initially aware of. The continuation of the shoots resulting in the footage that showcases the demonic figures appearing suddenly in bright, multicolored flashes or just out of view behind him manages to set the stage for a frenetic and highly chilling finale that's quite impressively realized for the scale of the film. It's what holds this one up the most. There are some issues with this one though. The main factor to hold this one back is the highly uninvolved storyline that takes far longer to get going than it really should for something this short. The early stages that showcase his burgeoning online creator work, making numerous videos in different styles, discussing everything with his friend, or checking in on the woman and her boyfriend he knows all give this a lethargic starting point to get to the fun stuff later on. That very little of this is in the slightest bit interesting comes off as highly detaching with no real entry point into this universe to get to know who he is, why he's living in the condition he is or why he's going through which doesn't come to pass until far later than wanted in the film which makes this a rather tough start. As well, there's also the fact that the films' setup and limitations are hampered quite profoundly by their budgetary limitations. The topical influences that adorn how this was shot and filmed are readily apparent with every form of interaction taking place over video chat with no one else ever physically interacting with him, being far more obvious once this goes along. As well, that also takes into account the other big problem here is that because it's shot in this manner it can't undergo any kind of extravagant effects-work which leaves this one to rely on the use of those flash-cut scenes of demons appearing or strange noises which is quite familiar and underwhelming due to being so overused in the style. These features all bring this one down overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.